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ance more than Allowed in the Journall of the Comittee of
Accounts due to them in Tobacco at the rate of Ten Shillings
Current money p hundred And desire to know whether your
Honours will Agree that the Same Allowances be Also made to
the Severall Members & Officers of your house
Signed p Ord^r M: Jenifer Cl. Lo. ho.

The house Adjourns untill One a Clock in the Afternoon

Post Meridiem
The House meet according to Adjournment

Present
His Honour Charles Calvert Esq^r Gov^r

Col Holland Col Addison Col Ward
John Hall Esq^r Esq^r Lloyd Esq^r Bowles

The Bill for Encouragement of Tillage & relief of poor
Debtors being read is ordered to be thus Endorst Viz.

By the Upper house of Assembly
Aug^t the 4^th 1721
Gentlemen. On reading the within bill we are of Opinion

U. H. J.

that the laws already made do Sufficiently provide for the
Encouragem^t of Tillage and relief of poor Debtors so farr as
is Consistant with Justice Wherefore we Cannot Consent to
pass this bill
Signed p Ord^r Joh Beale Cl. Up. ho.

Sent to the lower house by Esq^r Lloyd who returnes and
sayes he Delivered the same
The bill for Explaining & Confirming the last will and
Testament of W^m Bozman of Somersett County Deceased
being read is ordered to be Endorst And the same bill Annext
as follows Viz.

By the Upp^r house of Assembly
August the 4^th 1721
Gentlemen. On reading the Annexed bill & hearing the
Evidences thereon we Esteeme it a thing of most Dangerous
Consequences to Admitt any Evidence to Alter the Effect of
a will made so many years since and besides the Evidence
produced us on this Occasion is so short that we Can lay no
weight upon it but on perusal of the words of the Will we
are Clearly of opinion that the Devisor has Sufficiently Ex-

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